Community Writing @ Wayne

Background:

The Wayne State composition faculty have built the community-based writing program from the ground up, starting with undergraduate courses focused on supporting local literacy programs in elementary and middle schools. From there, graduate-student mentoring developed into research assistantships, which led to the development of graduate seminars and research projects in community literacy. Today, Community Writing @ Wayne represents a small core of faculty and graduate students committed to effecting social change by teaching and researching literate practices in local communities.

Undergraduate students may take a service-learning course by enrolling in Writing and Community, ENG 3020, which fulfills the Intermediate Composition requirement (see the Wayne State University schedule of classes).

Graduate students who wish to enroll in a community-based seminar should check the schedule of current course offerings or contact Dr. Jeff Pruchnic to pursue a directed study.

Graduate Teaching Assistants in the department of English may apply to teach English 3020: Community and Writing – our community based intermediate composition course – after completing two years of teaching at Wayne State. Interested students should contact Dr. Jeff Pruchnic.